A podcast recording I made in September with the MMT Podcast crew has just been issued. It’s here to listen to: In it I discuss with
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Why government borrowing is not like private borrowing
A remarkably short thread from Stephanie Kelton: The simple fact is that no one but a government can behave as it does. Government debt is actually
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What is financialisation?
Why market competition between nations is a bad idea
How far might the market fall?
Stock markets are trying a little recovery this morning. But the question remains as to by how much they are over-valued, since few would really dispute
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The age of incoherence
Sometimes you just have to stand back from what is going on and reflect on it. I am trying to do a bit of that
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The Finance Curse
We don’t need tax to fund the NHS, but we may increase taxes because we do
Tax Justice UK has issued a new report this morning: As they say of it: The World We Want is a new report that sets out
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There is only one option for oil and that is rationing
I noticed the Guardian reporting that: The boss of Shell has said a huge tree-planting project the size of the Amazon rainforest would be needed
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